| 单词 | in a good way of business |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a good way of business (ii) With reference to a business enterprise: on a large (or small) scale. Also more fully in a good way of business, etc. (cf. sense A. 25a). ΚΠ 1779 Mirror No. 17 I was married, about five years ago, to a young man in a good way of business as a grocer. 1833 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. July 27/1 Next, however, as another more lasting resource, he forges; at first in a small way. 1864 Law Times' Rep. N.S.X. 719/1 The defendants..were contractors and builders in a large way of business. 1885 Field 26 Sept. 476/1 Young men..go headlong into some big scheme they take into their heads..instead of starting cautiously and in a small way. 1909 Daily Chron. 19 May 3/3 An industrious hard-working young man, starting as a produce dealer in a small way in the disturbed epoch of the Civil War, drifts into the oil trade. 1998 Review (Rio Tinto plc) June 14/1 His father..was a Quaker, locksmith and nailmaker, who also farmed in a small way in Dudley in the English midshires. < as lemmas |
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